Zimatlán De Álvarez

Zimatlán De Álvarez is located at a height of 1496 meters above sea level in the municipality of Zimatlán de Álvarez in Oaxaca (StC-Z), Mexico. Its geographic location is at latitude: 16.866111 and longitude: -96.785.

Map of Zimatlán De Álvarez

Population

Zimatlán De Álvarez is populated by 10986 people. The total population consists of 588 children aged 0 to 2 years, 579 aged 3 to 5 years, 1218 children aged 6 to 11 years, 564 teenagers between 12 and 14 years and 631 aged 15 to 17 years. The number of adult people aged 18 to 24 is 1496, in the age group of 25 to 60 years are 4642 people and the over 60 years old people are represented by 1268 people.

Dividing the overall population of 10986 inhabitants in only three age groups result in: 2949 people aged 0 to 14, 7110 people aged 15 to 64 and 921 people aged 65 or more years. The male-female ratio is 87.38 men per 100 woman and the birth rate (fertility rate) is 2.3 children per woman.

Indigenous population

In Zimatlán De Álvarez are known 538 people in censal housholds, where the head or his partner speaks an indigenous language. In the group of children 3 years and older 240 speak an indegenous language, 1 speaking an indigenous language but not spanish and 205 people who do speak both, spanish and an indigenous language. For the age group 5 years and older these numbers are 236, 1 and 203 people.

Migration

While 10267 people were born in the same state, 611 were born in another Mexican state. The total number of people older than 5 years who lived in this state between 2005 and 2010 is 9548, the number of those older than 5 years who lived in 2005 in another state is 208 people.

Disabilities

698 of the 10986 living in Zimatlán De Álvarez have some form of disability, activity limitation, mental or physical condition.

Mobility impairment: 386
Visual impairment: 307
Communicating: 48
Hearing disability: 79
Physical disability: 23
Learning and thinking: 21
Mental health: 36

A total of 10219 people is free of disabilities. Read about disabilities.

School and education

Analphabetism

In the age group of 8 to 14 years about 23 people do not know read or write and 694 of the group 15 and older are in that same situation.

School

Aged 3 to 5 years: 284 do not visit school
Aged 6 to 11 years: 33 do not visit a school
Aged 12 to 14 years: 53 do not visit a school
Aged 15 to 17 years: 444 do visit a school
Aged 18 to 24 years: 485 do visit a school

15 years and older

624 do not have any school degree or at most preschool.
1401 did visit primary school up to the fifth class (incomplete).
1386 finished primary school (6 years complete).
428 two years at secondary school at least (incomplete).
1402 three years at secondary school (complete).

Adults

Within the group of adults over 18 years 2512 do have a scholar degree after having completed secondary school or high school. Like Bachelor, technical schools, university, master or doctor degrees. This group divides into 1197 males and 1315 females. While the populations medium degree is 8.23, the male population do have a medium degree of 8.65, the female population one of 7.89

Economic characteristics

Economically active

The economically active population, people how are employed or actively seeking employment, is 4647 people. 2858 of this fraction are male and 1789 are female. Economically inactive are about 3911 people. The active fraction divides in 4540 occupied and 107 unoccupied people.

Social security and public health care

While 6042 people have access to one of the social security systems in Mexico, about 4910 individuals are without health insurance.

Access to the services of the Mexican Social Security Institute IMSS have 1240 people. 901 people do have the right to access the ISSTE, 31 find their security at ISSSTE and 3734 have access to the public health insurance, Seguro Popular.

Marital Status

About 2962 people of the age group 12 years and older are unmarried or singles. The number of people who are married or who are living in a conjugal relationship is 4727 and there are 874 people who are separated, divorced or widowed.

Religions

The large fraction of 10066 people are Roman Catholics, 731 people are Christians, mostly Protestants and similar historic religions. Other religions like Judaism, Islam, New Age, Ethnic religions and even religious movements are preferred by 13 individuals and finally about 87 are without any religion or are atheists.

Homes

The total number of homes, private or not, occupied or not, with or without further information, is 3422 and 2699 of them are inhabited.

Private homes

The total number of private homes, with more detailed information available, is 3419. With 2696 occupied private homes and 505 unoccupied private homes. 218 are only for temporal use. As far as information is available the medium number of occupants in private homes is 10979.

Economic status

In Zimatlán De Álvarez about 80 private homes do not have any of the following goods. 2237 own a radio, 2441 have a TV, 1904 own a fridge, a washing machine is available in 1462 private homes and a car is available in 785. In 561 homes a PC is part of the standard of living. A cable telephone is available in 576, an internet connection can be found in 233 and 1824 homes do have cellphones.